Inter­na­tio­nal Support of Conscien­tious Objec­tors and Deserters

For Peace and Democracy in Ethiopia

EWRI call to a Rally and Manifestation in Frankfurt/M.

(10.11.2009) The
"Ethiopian War Resisters’ Initiative" (EWRI) call to participate at a
rally

Thursday,
November 19, 2009, 2 p.m.

in front of
the Ethiopian consulate

Mendelssohnstraße 51 in Frankfurt/M.

The
„Ethiopian War Resisters’ Initiative“ (EWRI) is working against war and
militarization and is opposing all forms of human rights violations. The EWRI,
a group of about twenty refugees from Ethiopia, is dedicated to a longlasting
peace and the enforcement of democracy instead of a dictatorship of the
Ethiopian government which is responsible for human rights violations and war.
All kinds of war and conflicts must be resolved peacefully.

The
dictatorship under Meles Zenawi manipulated the election in 2005 and arrested
opposition leaders and supporters as well as journalists. Again the regime is
trying to hinder the election campaign of opposition parties in the next
election in May 2010.

With the
rally we demand:

-Free and peaceful elections in May
2010;

-Freedom of the press and
unrestricted election campaign of the opposition;

-An end to arrests, torture and
killing of members of the opposition;

-No intervention in the sovereign
country of Somalia;

-A peaceful solution of the border
conflict with Eritrea;

-Full human rights and democracy in
Ethiopia, Eritrea and other countries at Horn of Africa.

Furthermore
we urge the German government to grant asylum for refugees. Stop Deportation!